Former Vice President Dick Cheney brought his personal story of the history of modern cardiology history to Houston Saturday, providing the keynote speech at a meeting of heart surgeons at Baylor College of Medicine. Cheney talked about his 35-year-long battle with cardiovascular disease, documented in his new book "Heart: An American Medical Odyssey," that culminated in a heart transplant in 2012.

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